nar: Who is Buying? Who is Selling?
- 12/18/09 12:03 AM
The National Association of Realtors recently published its annual "Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers." Here are some of the highlights: · The number of first-time homebuyers jumped to 47 percent of all homes purchased. In 2006, when the market was booming, only 36 percent of all purchases were first-time homebuyers. · Only 49 percent of first-time homebuyers were married couples compared to 69 percent of repeat homebuyers being married. When it comes to first-time homebuyers, 25 percent were single females (a slight decrease over the past few years), 12 percent were single males and 12 percent were unmarried couples. These are not (5 comments)